I recently added this post, Infirm of Purpose!.
It is an extract from William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, seen by Dr Forman on April 20th, 1611, but probably first performed for King James I some five years earlier.
The basic premise of the play is that Duncan I, King of Scots, was murdered in his bed by his nephew Macbeth in AD 1040. In fact, Macbeth gained Duncan’s crown in battle, not by assassination, but Shakespeare’s version of the events lends itself better to the stage. In this extract, we see him stumbling back to his chamber after doing the grisly deed, already entering a state bordering moral collapse as he thinks about what he has done. His wife, Lady Macbeth, tries to keep him focused — the murder weapons have to be disposed of properly, and Duncan’s blameless servants have to be incriminated — but Macbeth is frankly losing his grip.
Composition
Join each group of ideas together into one sentence in at least two different ways, using different words as much as you can.
1 Macbeth murdered Duncan. He felt bad about it.
2 Macbeth’s hands were bloody. It upset him. Lady Macbeth called him foolish.
3 Duncan’s servants were asleep. Lady Macbeth incriminated them. She put blood on them.